Mark Meadows has reportedly testified before a federal grand jury impaneled by Special Counsel Jack Smith in exchange for immunity from prosecution in the Justice Department’s election interference case against Donald Trump.

According to ABC News, the former White House chief of staff has testified under oath at least three times, twice before the special counsel’s office and once to a grand jury, regarding the investigation into Trump’s attempts to overturn the 2020 election. Meadows reportedly testified that he had told the former president the election was lost and, according to sources, testified to the DOJ that “obviously we didn’t win.”

Trump has long suspected that Meadows would flip on him. In June, sources who spoke to Rolling Stone stated that Meadows was referred to as a “rat” among Trump’s inner circle, and indicated that the former president had sent allies on a “small fact-finding mission” to ascertain what Meadows had been telling investigators.

  • @[email protected]
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    171 year ago

    Meadows argued that his arrangement and presence during the phone call was simply a part of his job.

    AKA, the Nuremberg defense. (Hint: it didn’t work so well then either.)

    • @MotoAsh
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      61 year ago

      He got immunity so it worked out great for him.

      • Flying Squid
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        41 year ago

        Immunity in the federal case. Not in the Georgia case.